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z/OS Connect

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Top Down Workflow

We have a pure top down approach for zos / connect This means we have a yaml or json file with the api definition. Out of this definition zconbt should create structures and members. The developer should just code the empty gaps. zconbt should be ...
over 6 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered

Z/OS Connect to have option to allow mainframe clients response data to be returned without JSON conversion

Z/OS Connect to have an option to allow mainframe clients response body data to be returned to the calling program without going through JSON to copy code conversion. Currently there are two issues with how the JSON to copy code conversion is hand...
almost 5 years ago in z/OS Connect 4 Delivered

Data Conversion issue for array elements in input - z/OS Connect

As per the testing at DNB, CHAR type of data variables gets converted to LOW-VALUES when they are missing from payload but the same CHAR type of variables are converted to ‘SPACES' when they are used as part of array in input and missing from payl...
over 6 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered

lightweight VS Code plugin for API editor

rolling out and adoption of eclipse based IDZ IDE has been very difficult due to the size, complexity and performance, so is the z/OS Connect API editor
about 4 years ago in z/OS Connect 3 Delivered

Authentication and identity propagation for API Rest DB2

When using ZCEE, you already have a connection with a USERID identified by RACF. When you go to the Rest DB2 API, the only two ways to identify yourself to DB2 are Basic Authentication or passtickets. In these two cases, the user is hard coded.
almost 5 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered

z/OS Connect to stop dropping leading zeros from the response of a transaction with a COBOL copybook

z/OS Connect is dropping leading zeros from the response of a transaction with a COBOL copybook When the transaction is tested manually (message placed on the queue in IMS), the following is produced Input Message Format: LKD47 M 03303101010101140...
almost 6 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered

z/os Connect to pass the terminal id or original ip address for securitu

z/OS Connect leaves the TERMID field of the RACROUTE VERIFY parm list blank. It should set it to the originating terminal name or IP Address.
almost 6 years ago in z/OS Connect 4 Delivered

z/OS Connect EE Enhanced Transformations

We have the need for greater flexibility in the transformations afforded by a/OS Connect EE v2.0. Also, we would like to express these, and all other Service creation elements, via GUI-based tooling,as opposed to the BAQ* and DFH* batch utilities.
over 8 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered

server.xml changed on the first START

In my server.xml, I have the following lines: <include location="${shared.resource.dir}/imsmobile-config/interactions/<include location="${shared.resource.dir}/imsmobile-config/connections/i<include location="${shared.resource.dir}/imsmob...
almost 6 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered

One-Click deployment of API & SAR

We request One-Click deployment for both APIs & SARS from the API Toolkit to z/OS Connect. Currently, we need to use FTP to transfer our APIs to the Mainframe. With developers reiteratively making changes to their APIs, this one-click enhancem...
about 7 years ago in z/OS Connect 3 Delivered

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